Overheating monitor - am I insane?

[R-MOD]Bob_Marley · 11-28-2006, 08:24 PM

Do monitors overheat? Seriously, because I think its whats causing problems with my shiny new PC.

Right, I have my brand spanking new base unit running through (drum roll) a Gateway EV700 from 1997/8.

My question - Is the monitor the source of my troubles? It is just too geriatric to cope with the new games, because I really cant think of any other possible reason for my problems.

trogdor1289 · 11-28-2006, 08:26 PM

Gateway EV700 from 1997/8.
LOL, and yes I think they can check their is adequate space for cooling also check whether the response time on that monitor is 11ms or below.

[R-DEV]Eddie Baker · 11-28-2006, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob_Marley

Do monitors overheat? Seriously, because I think its whats causing problems with my shiny new PC.

Yes, monitors most certainly do overheat. One almost caused a fire in my home, but we unplugged the thing when we located where the smell of burning plastic was coming from.

NovemberRain · 11-28-2006, 08:29 PM

Well, what kind of problems you have then? Monitors don't cause problems, they are problems, but it doesn't matter what HW you have, monitor won't overheat because you have a brand new GX2 or whatever

Seriously, I've seen some LCD displays overheating (to point of image corruption), but never a CRT. Old CRT's have very crappy image quality and they can't stand high resolution, but they hardly break.

E: You mean it's on fire?!! Or just overheating and creating artifacts?

[R-MOD]Bob_Marley · 11-28-2006, 08:37 PM

Overheating then turing its self off and refusing to come back on or freezing the screen - it hasnt caught fire (yet).

I think it must have some kind of kill switch to stop it utterly kaploding, but it makes it so I have to continually restart, save games every 5 mins, etc...

I think it must be getting hot because of the high resolution, ah well... To the Time Machi.... I mean... er... computer shop.

lonelyjew · 11-28-2006, 09:04 PM

One of my monitors fried itself though we were never sure why. All of a sudden a puff of very odd smelling smoke came out and then our monitory never worked again.

[R-CON]MrD · 11-28-2006, 09:06 PM

Watch it doesn't feedback down your graphics card and screw your tower!

We had one go about 3 or 4 months ago where when you turned it on it made loud banging noises, very disoncerting

~~Crawley~~ · 11-28-2006, 09:34 PM

Gateway? Didnt they recall everything they ever made like 4 years ago lmao

Griffon2-6 · 11-28-2006, 10:20 PM

You're insane. No, J/K, I didn't expect this. I have a Gateway monitor from the same era. Although, we never use it too much, and we never really connected it to a good computer, it's working fine, despite having been magnetised by my cousin. Twice.

11-28-2006, 08:24 PM	#1
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11-28-2006, 08:29 PM	#4
NovemberRain Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 176	Well, what kind of problems you have then? Monitors don't cause problems, they are problems, but it doesn't matter what HW you have, monitor won't overheat because you have a brand new GX2 or whatever Seriously, I've seen some LCD displays overheating (to point of image corruption), but never a CRT. Old CRT's have very crappy image quality and they can't stand high resolution, but they hardly break. E: You mean it's on fire?!! Or just overheating and creating artifacts?
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11-28-2006, 08:37 PM	#5
[R-MOD]Bob_Marley Forum Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Yugoslavia Location: Essex, UK Posts: 4,763	Overheating then turing its self off and refusing to come back on or freezing the screen - it hasnt caught fire (yet). I think it must have some kind of kill switch to stop it utterly kaploding, but it makes it so I have to continually restart, save games every 5 mins, etc... I think it must be getting hot because of the high resolution, ah well... To the Time Machi.... I mean... er... computer shop.
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11-28-2006, 09:04 PM	#6
lonelyjew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,764	One of my monitors fried itself though we were never sure why. All of a sudden a puff of very odd smelling smoke came out and then our monitory never worked again.
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11-28-2006, 09:06 PM	#7
[R-CON]MrD PR Contributor Join Date: May 2006 Location: York Posts: 3,200	Watch it doesn't feedback down your graphics card and screw your tower! We had one go about 3 or 4 months ago where when you turned it on it made loud banging noises, very disoncerting
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11-28-2006, 08:26 PM	#2
trogdor1289 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Classified. Posts: 5,232	Gateway EV700 from 1997/8. LOL, and yes I think they can check their is adequate space for cooling also check whether the response time on that monitor is 11ms or below.

11-28-2006, 09:34 PM	#8
~~Crawley~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WI, United States of America Posts: 1,361	Gateway? Didnt they recall everything they ever made like 4 years ago lmao

11-28-2006, 10:20 PM	#9
Griffon2-6 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here Posts: 2,615	You're insane. No, J/K, I didn't expect this. I have a Gateway monitor from the same era. Although, we never use it too much, and we never really connected it to a good computer, it's working fine, despite having been magnetised by my cousin. Twice.
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